chthonic

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I have long assumed there was a connection between the prohibition of pig flesh in Leviticus 11 with the use of pigs in sacrifices to chthonic (i.e., netherworld) deities in various Indo-European cultures.

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  1. adjective Greek Mythology Of or relating to the underworld.

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  • Before long, Bob Howard is discovering he has been teamed with the deadly Ramona Random, human-Deep Blue hybrid, and is expected to infiltrate the schemes of Ellis Billington, who operates from a yacht that used to be a battleship and is planning to raise a device belonging to ancient chthonic (magma-dwelling) enemies of the Deep Blue folk. —  Magazine - Analog Science Fiction and Fact - 2007 - Issue 04 - April
  • I have long assumed there was a connection between the prohibition of pig flesh in Leviticus 11 with the use of pigs in sacrifices to chthonic (i.e., netherworld) deities in various Indo-European cultures. —  Dr. Platypus
  • Given their presumed Aegean origins, the Philistines also may have sacrificed pigs to chthonic deities. —  Dr. Platypus
  • Nova Daryl no comments, no recommends chthonic no comments, no recommends —  TPMCafe
  • Zeno_of_Citium no comments, 1 recommend witty1 no comments, no recommends chthonic no comments, no recommends —  TPMCafe
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  1. From Greek khthonios, of the earth, from khthōn, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek χθών, the ground, earth (see chthonian), + -ic
 

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